C.R.S. Section 3-1-131
Mesa Verde National Park

Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all the territory which is now or may hereafter be included in that tract of land in the state of Colorado set aside and dedicated for park purposes by the United States, known as Mesa Verde National Park, saving, however, to the state of Colorado the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park, in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed outside of said park, and saving further to the said state the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in said tracts, and saving also to the persons residing in said park now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said tracts are situated; but jurisdiction shall not vest in the United States now or hereafter over any lands included within said park until the United States, through its proper officer, notifies the state of Colorado, through its governor, that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the respective tracts involved.

Source: Section 3-1-131 — Mesa Verde National Park, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-03.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

3‑1‑101
Consent to acquisition of lands by United States 3‑1‑102
Consent to acquire land - when notice required - directive to the attorney general 3‑1‑103
Jurisdiction of United States over land 3‑1‑104
When jurisdiction vests - tax exemption 3‑1‑105
Jurisdiction over Denver public building site ceded 3‑1‑106
Governor to execute deed 3‑1‑107
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑108
Jurisdiction over Pueblo post office ceded 3‑1‑109
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑110
Jurisdiction over Leadville post office ceded 3‑1‑111
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑112
Jurisdiction over Colorado Springs post office ceded 3‑1‑113
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑114
Jurisdiction over Denver mint site ceded 3‑1‑115
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑116
Jurisdiction of Fort Lewis ceded 3‑1‑117
Governor to execute deed 3‑1‑118
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑119
Jurisdiction of Fort Logan ceded 3‑1‑120
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑121
Jurisdiction of land for enlargement of Fort Logan ceded 3‑1‑122
Jurisdiction of Uncompahgre cantonment ceded 3‑1‑123
Governor to execute deed 3‑1‑124
Exempt from taxation 3‑1‑125
Jurisdiction over land for Indian school ceded 3‑1‑126
Governor to execute deed 3‑1‑127
Exemption from taxation 3‑1‑128
State canal number three released 3‑1‑130
Rocky Mountain National Park 3‑1‑131
Mesa Verde National Park 3‑1‑132
Air corps technical school - Denver 3‑1‑134
Consent to acquisition of land for certain purposes 3‑1‑135
United States Army Garrison, Fitzsimons - Aurora - acceptance of jurisdiction 3‑1‑136
Jurisdiction for land located in Buckley Air Force base 3‑1‑137
Severability
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 3-1-131’s source at colorado​.gov